Restauro arquitetônico: A formação do arquiteto no Brasil para preservação do patrimônio edificado

Abstract

This article investigates the architect's education within Brazilian schools, so that an adequate basis and content can be found that enables the professional to act in the preservation of constructed heritage as well as other buildings of interest. The discussion also extends to the postgraduate courses such as the masters degree denominated "lato sensu" as well as that known as "stricto sensu". The consequences of the lack of the teaching of a discipline involving architectural restoration will be analyzed at the undergraduate and masters degree levels. Such consequences have resulted in the destruction of historical documents that are the basis of the collective memory, affecting the transmission of the people's legacy to future generations. It intends to prove that if there were a solid education of the architect in the area of architectonic restoration, the professionals would have the theoretical, critical and technical instruments necessary to indeed preserve the cultural assets.